Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced on Monday that he had resigned as CEO effective immediately. Jack Dorsey also announced Parag Agrawal as his replacement. With Twitter still suspended in Nigeria, WuzupNigeria brings you things you should know about the new Twitter boss, Parag Agrawal, who will be ensuring the platform gets up and running soon […]
Chinese authorities have said they are not interested in taking over Uganda’s sole international airport if country defaults on loan. According to reports, Entebbe International Airport and other Ugandan assets were attached and agreed to be taken over by Chinese lenders upon arbitration of a $200 million loan. President Yoweri Museveni was said to have […]
Ghana’s parliament on Friday rejected the government’s 2022 budget proposal due to concerns over an electronic banking levy. It was the first time the national budget has been rejected since 1981 in the West African country. Ghana’s parliament is split between the two main parties following an election a year ago, increasing the risk of […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, on Friday, shared a video of himself in what appeared to be a military operation. The video, which he shared on his social media pages, showed Ahmed with armed military officers, while shooting was heard in the background. The prime minister had vowed to lead troops in the fight […]
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015, the Uganda government signed an agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) to borrow $207 million at two per cent upon disbursement. The loan had a maturity period of 20 years including a seven-year grace period. It has now emerged that the deal signed with the Chinese lenders virtually […]
Officials and news reports on Monday said 60 people had been killed and thousands displaced after torrential rains lashed three south Indian states. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have seen heavy downpours since last Thursday but a majority of fatalities were reported at the weekend. Disaster management official, P. Balaji, said at least 30 […]
The ECOWAS Court of Justice says only six West African countries are ready to respect its rulings 20 years after its establishment. President of the Court, Justice Amoako Asante, said since establishment of the court in 1991, only six countries of the 15 member states, had met the pre-requisite for obeying the court rulings. Giving […]
Sudan’s deposed prime minister and the top general that ousted him a month ago signed a breakthrough deal Sunday to reverse the military takeover, but protests continued and a teenager was killed. Thousands of demonstrators in multiple rallies rejected the deal, shouting “No to military power” and demanding the armed forces fully withdraw from government. […]
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Sunday issued a new ”religious guideline” that called on the country’s television channels to stop showing dramas and soap operas featuring women actors. In the first such directive to Afghan media issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the Taliban also called on women television […]
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said Saturday they had begun paying government employees who had not received a paycheck since the Islamists seized power and triggered a major financial crisis. Most government employees have yet to return to work and many had not been paid for months even before the Taliban captured power, especially rural workers. “We […]
